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Yep as if he would talk about Joe Lewis' daughters in the first place.
Joe Lewis has a daughter GTFO
Yep as if he would talk about Joe Lewis' daughters in the first place.
Definitely useless for the first goal but the second? All I saw was a beautiful pass with the outside of Can's foot.
I've just finished reading it too. It's quite tragic reading this seeing how it all played out. The Bristol City bit where they just didn't seem to care was a real WTF moment. Even though he says that his first spell at Sporting Chance came too early for him you wonder what might have been had someone at Bristol City or even Spurs really forced him to deal with it when he was still a teenager...I always thought he was a good player but something mentally wasn't quite right as he had all the tools to be a really good player.
Also, Seems like what really happened in the Bahamas is covered here.
https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...ntal-illness-addictions-gambling-drinking-qpr
“At Swansea a year later it was an injury which brought it all to the surface, and Spurs sent me to Sporting Chance to sort myself out while I was recovering from my knee but I wasn’t ready. I hadn’t experienced enough pain to make me want to stop. I was gambling heavily when I went back to Tottenham, staying up to crazy hours of the night in casinos. I guess never feeling good enough played a big part in that. I never felt I was on the same level as any of the first-teamers but a big win in the casino and money in my back pocket might change that. Being dropped rattled me even more because football was what I had relied on to make me feel better. So then the gambling was every single day. The pain of losing all my money, combined with the shame and guilt, ate away at me. So I’d drink myself into oblivion so I wouldn’t have to feel anything. I was numb but I was out of control.”
The chairman, Daniel Levy, eventually sought him out on a post-season trip to the Bahamas. “He just said: ‘The way you act is unbelievable. You either sort yourself out or go but I can assure you, if you leave, you’ll be going down, not up.’ I was young, stupid. I took it as a challenge, a chance to prove him wrong. I was so immature. So I went to Cardiff and, for six months, everything was amazing. I was captain, the manager, Malky Mackay, knew I had some issues but offered to be there for me. I felt wanted, so there was no gambling, no heavy binges but the second he was sacked, all the demons came back. That’s all it took. Even before we played the next game, I’d convinced myself nothing would be the same. That’s the kind of catastrophic thinking I’ve had to address.
I've just finished reading it too. It's quite tragic reading this seeing how it all played out. The Bristol City bit where they just didn't seem to care was a real WTF moment. Even though he says that his first spell at Sporting Chance came too early for him you wonder what might have been had someone at Bristol City or even Spurs really forced him to deal with it when he was still a teenager...
Hopefully we're better equipped and have a better infrastructure around these things nowadays. From what I recall, making sure we took steps towards being a more professional outfit was one of the things Baldini did well (can't remember what ITK said that).
The Levy stuff surprised me, I thought the chairman wouldn't get involved in personal stuff and that would be the manager's job.I always thought he was a good player but something mentally wasn't quite right as he had all the tools to be a really good player.
Also, Seems like what really happened in the Bahamas is covered here.
https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...ntal-illness-addictions-gambling-drinking-qpr
“At Swansea a year later it was an injury which brought it all to the surface, and Spurs sent me to Sporting Chance to sort myself out while I was recovering from my knee but I wasn’t ready. I hadn’t experienced enough pain to make me want to stop. I was gambling heavily when I went back to Tottenham, staying up to crazy hours of the night in casinos. I guess never feeling good enough played a big part in that. I never felt I was on the same level as any of the first-teamers but a big win in the casino and money in my back pocket might change that. Being dropped rattled me even more because football was what I had relied on to make me feel better. So then the gambling was every single day. The pain of losing all my money, combined with the shame and guilt, ate away at me. So I’d drink myself into oblivion so I wouldn’t have to feel anything. I was numb but I was out of control.”
The chairman, Daniel Levy, eventually sought him out on a post-season trip to the Bahamas. “He just said: ‘The way you act is unbelievable. You either sort yourself out or go but I can assure you, if you leave, you’ll be going down, not up.’ I was young, stupid. I took it as a challenge, a chance to prove him wrong. I was so immature. So I went to Cardiff and, for six months, everything was amazing. I was captain, the manager, Malky Mackay, knew I had some issues but offered to be there for me. I felt wanted, so there was no gambling, no heavy binges but the second he was sacked, all the demons came back. That’s all it took. Even before we played the next game, I’d convinced myself nothing would be the same. That’s the kind of catastrophic thinking I’ve had to address.
Not just Bristol City or Spurs but QPR and his former agents also. For fucks sake, heres a kid crying out for help and you want to fuck him off to Russia?!?!? What the fuck? Shame on them. DisgracefulI've just finished reading it too. It's quite tragic reading this seeing how it all played out. The Bristol City bit where they just didn't seem to care was a real WTF moment. Even though he says that his first spell at Sporting Chance came too early for him you wonder what might have been had someone at Bristol City or even Spurs really forced him to deal with it when he was still a teenager...
The Levy stuff surprised me, I thought the chairman wouldn't get involved in personal stuff and that would be the manager's job.